Overboard Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but I still ended up watching the damned thing. Basically, it is one of those – supposedly- quirky screwball comedies starring Goldie Hawn and if you have seen one of them, you have seen them all. As you may have guessed already, I don’t really care about Hawn’s work and, to make things worse, it was not even her best movie. At least, this time, she was working with her longtime boyfriend, Kurt Russell, and they definitely had some pretty good chemistry together. Unfortunately, I’m afraid it wasn’t enough to make this a really entertaining story. Indeed, in my opinion, the plot was rather inane and pretty much right from the start, it was all pretty hopeless. I mean, it is basically the old gimmick of the mean character who suddenly becomes so nice after getting amnesia and it has been done before but I can’t recall one single movie which actually did work with such a lame trick. To make things worse, it also uses another old trick, the mistaken identity, so the whole thing was definitely nothing groundbreaking. To conclude, even though I have seen worse, it was still a pretty weak comedy and I don’t think it is really worth a look.

Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) is a rich lady who has everything she wants and needs. She is in need of a carpenter (Dean Profitt, played by Kurt Russell) to build a shoe rack in a closet, within 48 hours. But Joanna isn't happy with the result and she refuses to pay Dean for his work.
Later during the night, Joanna falls overboard her yacht. Recovering in the hospital, she realizes she doesn't know who she is. Dean takes advantage of the situation and takes her in, telling her she's his wife and has 4 boys. It's pay back time!

I loved the performances of Hawn and Russell. Since they are married in real life, it was fun to finally see a movie with both playing husband and wife.
Also nice performances from Edward Herrmann (Joanna's husband Grant), Katherine Helmond (Joanna's mother) and Mike Hagerty (Dean's best friend).

The music is very 80s, and it was quite appropriate for the movie.

This film is a little outdated and a little cliched, but the comedy is still there, and thorougly enjoyable. Funny scenes and lines all through the motion picture.

Everyone should enjoy it.